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CowAgent

An open-source super AI assistant & Agent Harness

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Last Updated

2026-06-15

GitHub Stars

45,325

Last Updated

2026-07

About CowAgent

[English] | [中文] | [繁體中文] | [日本語] CowAgent is an open-source super AI assistant that proactively plans tasks, controls your computer and external services, creates and runs Skills, builds a personal knowledge base and long-term memory, and grows alongside you through self-evolution — a reference implementation of Agent Harness engineering. CowAgent is lightweight, easy to deploy, and built to extend. Plug in any major LLM provider and run it 24/7 on a personal computer or server, across the web and all major IM platforms. CowAgent is a complete Agent Harness: messages flow in through Channels; the Agent Core plans and reasons over memory, knowledge, and the available tools and skills; Models generate the response, which is sent back through the originating channel. Every layer is decoupled and independently extensible. Read more in Architecture.

Features

GitHub / ClawHub / URL and more
Conversational authoring

Detailed Ratings

Ease of Use
7.3
Value for Money
7.9
Features
7.5
Support
7.1
Performance
7.7
Overall Rating
7.6 /10

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Active community with 45.3k GitHub stars
  • GitHub / ClawHub / URL and more
  • Conversational authoring

Use Cases

General assistanceWritingBrainstormingQ&A

Who Is It For?

Teams and individuals looking for general-purpose AI assistance who value open-source flexibility and control.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is CowAgent?

An open-source super AI assistant & Agent Harness. Plans tasks, runs tools and skills, autonomously grows with memory and knowledge.

How much does CowAgent cost?

CowAgent is open-source and free to self-host. See https://github.com/zhayujie/CowAgent for installation instructions.

Is CowAgent open source?

Yes — CowAgent is open source with 45.3k stars. The source code is on GitHub at https://github.com/zhayujie/CowAgent.

Who should use CowAgent?

Teams and individuals looking for general-purpose AI assistance who value open-source flexibility and control.

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